MR LANGHORST

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UNIT 9.5
NORTH WINS
MR LANGHORST
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Lees Southern troops met the Union at GETTYSBURG
in Pennsylvania July 1863
90,000 Union troops against 75,000 confederate
troops
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GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD
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GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD
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GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD
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Southern General George Pickett tried to march
his men across a wheat field and are mowed down
by Union soldiers PICKETTS CHARGE
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PICKETTS CHARGE - GETTYSBURG
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North wins the Battle of Gettysburg Union has
23,000 soldiers dead and wounded and Confederacy
has 28,000
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The day after Gettysburg, General Grant led the
Union to a victory at VICKSBURG along the
Mississippi Union surrounds the city and starves
out the people until they are forced to give up
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The victory at Vicksburg gives the Union total
control over the Mississippi River
Union now has the momentum
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BATTLE OF VICKSBURG
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VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
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SEIGE OF VICKSBURG BLUE UNION RED
CONFEDERATES
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Lincoln places General Grant in charge of the
entire Union army
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Union General WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN drives an
army through the South to further divide the
Confederacy
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Union wants to break the Souths will with this
MARCH TO THE SEA through Georgia Union destroys
everything for a 300 mile long stretch that is 60
miles wide
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THE UNIONS MARCH TO THE SEA
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THE UNIONS MARCH TO THE SEA
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THE UNIONS MARCH TO THE SEA
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THE UNIONS MARCH TO THE SEA
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THE UNIONS MARCH TO THE SEA
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THE UNIONS MARCH TO THE SEA
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Lincoln is re-elected President in 1864 for his
second term
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Grant meets Lee in Virginia and defeats the South
Lee surrenders at APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE,
VIRGINIA on April 9, 1865
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SIGNING THE SURRENDER PAPERS
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The Union soldiers were gracious in
victory Confederate soldiers were given food and
allowed to go home The war that had lasted four
long years was finally over
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